MotoGP's Executives Are Holding the Sport Hostage Because Teams Want Fair Access to Revenue
MotoGP at COTA 2025_bendalltherules_WebRes_591_XH2S8794-2 The sign-off for MotoGP's next Concorde Agreement should've been finalized ages ago, but the series' directors and executives don't want to pay teams and manufacturers any more money, essentially holding everything hostage. A hostage situation is where one person or group threatens another person or group with material harms unless their demands are met. Usually, we think of bank robbers and thieves when you think of hostage situations.
But that's absolutely the case with how MotoGP's executives are acting toward the teams and manufacturers in regards to their next Concorde Agreement. See, every few years, Dorna, which is now MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group , meet with the teams and manufacturers and decide what the rules are going to be, championship purses, as well as how revenue is doled out. They end with what's known as a Concorde Agreement that'll stay in place for a predetermined set of years.
Neither party wants to compromise, but they end up doing so each and every time, as neither wants negotiations to drag out any longer than they have to. And for much of the last few decades, those negotiations were helmed by the Ezpeletas, both Carlos and Carmello , representing Dorna and now MGPSEG, a very silly acronym. There was supposed to be a new Concorde Agreement months ago, as we're already into the 2026 season, and the new set of parameters would take hold in 2027 when the new rules come into play.
That hasn't happened, and based on reports from those with knowledge about the negotiations, it all comes down to MGPSEG not wanting to pay the teams and manufacturers any more cash, despite record turnout, earnings, and revenue, i. e. , a hostage situation.
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